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Smith Carbine cartridge casings

Been looking into Smith Carbine cartridge casings. I have found the brass, the orange plastic with the brass touch hole, and two types of the common rubber/plastic black jobs. What I am trying to find is a place to get the high power metal ones that appear to be some sort of stainless/silver looking things. Any notions where these come from? You NSSA guys probably see them at the shoots!

Further, have any of you attempted to make/use the cardboard/foil ones?

My N-SSA competition Smith was sighted in for 50 yards using 36 grains of FFF. My wife's competition Smith was sighted in for 50 yards at 30 grains of FFF. (Moving the sliding rear sight ladder kicked it up to the 100 yard targets.)

I am sure others can be sighted in at different charges, as once I found our particular barrel's tightest group there was no need to experiment further in the sighting-in process. But yes, that is an N-SSA competition concept and not a Period equivalent load or a load well suited for reenacting blanks.

So, others' mileage will vary...

Curt

In gleichem Schritt und Tritt, Curt Schmidt

Not a real Civil War reenactor, I only portray one on boards and fora.
I do not portray a Civil War soldier, I merely interpret one.